#the-forest-library

[brightbeautifulthings]

A darling Christmas present from the darling @the-forest-library! I swear, you pick out the BEST fuzzy socks! Thank you so much, lovely! Hoping you had wonderful holidays and a Happy New Year!💛💛

[sadyoungliterarygirls]

end-of-year book asks: 4, 5, 9, & 12, please!

04. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

Yesss, Mariana Enriquez and Tove Ditlevsen (if you love women descending into madness and destruction, check her out). And in a minor degree Linn Ullmann.

05. What genre did you read the most of?

Ah, I don't read much genre literature. I guess literary fiction is what you call it. And as for genre per se, I guess autobiographical non fiction, if that counts, because I read a lot of Annie Ernaux and Didion's The year of magical thinking.

09. Did you get into any new genres?

I guess I can say horror, but just because I read two books by Mariana Enriquez. Well, years ago I read House of leaves but didn't scare me at all and I found it too boring. But Enriquez really scared me in some parts and it's not that easy because I watch horror films and I'm quite immune and detached. But Enriquez mixes horror with argentinian history and she's unapologetically political (rich people are the worst, she says, and the world is a fucked up place).

12. Any books that disappointed you?

Lol, yes... too many for my taste. I mean I usually can find in all books something to enjoy, but a lot end dissapointing me for the simple reason that I always expect too much of books.

But I guess the one that disappointed me most was Good Omens. If you follow me, you know I'm obsessed with the show but I found the book tedious and not funny at all. I've read much better fics, thank you.

And I didn't understand either the hype with Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

[lizziethereader]

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♥♥♥ this goes right back at you as well!! Thank you for being such a lovely presence on my dash and lovely person in general!

[the-haiku-bot]

“You should be at the

club.” No, I should be at the

scholastic book fair.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

“You should be at the club.” No, I should be at the scholastic book fair.

[deservingporcupine]

Fun questions: everything ending in 4, please!

4. what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

Saying "inVESTigating, are we?" in a particular tone -- from an old DnD game. 

14. what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do? 

Publish novels. (Today I am having "posted something for the first time in four years" nerves and it's frankly pretty bleh.) 

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for? 

Proud of myself for sticking with doing Zumba for three years, extremely reliably. (Until I got hurt.) Very big deal for me. 

34. any pet peeves?

"Thusly." I am a descriptivist for the most part, but I reserve the right to rage about "thusly." Thus is already an adverb and does not need an extra -ly, thanks. (Worse when it's in stuff that is supposed to be "historical" or "period.") 

Thank you for the ask! 

[lovesdaya]

@lovesdaya

[moodyacademic]

Greenhouse reading nooks 🌱

[nipuni]

Silence in the library

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon on february 1st!

[natureaestheticdreams]

@natureaestheticdreams for more🪵

[stonifae]

[romanticize-until-you-drop]

2024-09-29

A week’s worth of study pics in chronological order.

I have an organic chemistry test coming up on Monday, and no matter how many questions I do, I don’t feel like I’m prepared. It is, however, unfortunately Sunday, and my last chance to study what I could.

Wish me luck!

[brightbeautifulthings]

@the-forest-library

I got a beautiful Valentine's Day care package from the sweetest bean!

Thank you so much! 🥰 I think you're exactly right, Mable. That tote will hold SO MANY books! 😍💛

Happy Valentine's Day, lovely!

[abustoslife]

[lizziethereader]

oooooh getting an eagerly anticipated preorder is always great!!

Weekly Bookish Question #406 (September 8th - September 14th 2024)

[shisasan]

I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing between me and the white fire of the stars but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths among the branches of the perfect trees. All night I heard the small kingdoms breathing around me, the insects, and the birds who do their work in the darkness. All night I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling with a luminous doom. By morning I had vanished at least a dozen times into something better.

Mary Oliver, Sleeping in the Forest

[lovesdaya]

@lovesdaya